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Kristallnacht
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
"Sounds Jewish" commemorates Kristallnacht, the Night of the Broken Glass on Nov. 9-10, 1938, with music reflecting on the horrors of that time as ...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Nov 03, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Millennial History
From: Andrea Voets
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In Millennial History, we relive recent history through the eyes of millennials who were there when it happened. The murder of anti-mafia judge Fal...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2023
  • Length: 01:39:06
OutCasting 0029x – FINAL EDITION -- A troubled young asexual discovers he’s not alone
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: OutCasting youth broadcaster Dante
His early depression gave way to acceptance when he came to understand what made him different.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Apr 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Zach Stephney and Melissa Brooks
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Melissa Brooks and Zack Stephney at the site of her rescue in December of 2009. , Credit: Photo courtesy of Zack Stephney.
Zack Stephney remembers saving Melissa Brooks from the unprecedented 2009 Atlanta flash flood.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2023
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 2
A Shortcut Through 2022
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Volodymyr Zelensky
A retrospective featuring the major events of each passing year, Shortcuts features no narration, it's message evolves from the careful juxtaposit...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KRCB 104.9, Raven Radio, KCPW Salt Lake City, Nevada Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 7
StoryCorps Historias: Mark Carles and David Carles
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Mark Carles and David Carles at their StoryCorps interview in New York City on November 6th, 2019., Credit: Mia Warren for StoryCorps.
Brothers Mark Carles and David Carles talk about how they’ve dealt with Mark’s cancer diagnosis at age 24.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2022
  • Length: 03:12
A Shortcut 2021 Tribute Mix
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Betty White
An extra hour of celebration of those who've left us this year, with music and events that broke too late to be included in A Shortcut Through 2021

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Dec 31, 2021
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 1
DWFC-21-13: Beethovenfest Bonn: Big Orchestra for Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony, 12/27/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts
Caption: The Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 is a force to reckon with. Known as the "Resurrection" symphony, it features both tender moments and apocalyptic one...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:58
LANDBACK! A Tipi Town Approach to Healing & Homelessness
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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On Indigenous Peoples' Day, Laura reports from “He Sapa‘’, the sacred Black Hills of South Dakota where NDN Collective is reclaiming ancestral land...

Bought by KMUN, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, and KDNK


  • Added: Oct 06, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Big Ponder #13: The Diary
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Working with personal diary entries, Dina Elsayed and Monika Müller-Kroll take listeners on a journey through the seasons to different places in th...

Bought by KMXT and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 03, 2021
  • Length: 28:11
  • Purchases: 2
04 “Beautiful, Imperfect, and Incomplete” [Godfrey’s Story]
From: Gautam Gulati
Series: SUPERHUMANS
Caption: Sometimes, story is the best form of medicine.
Has there ever been something you thought defined you, but maybe doesn’t have to? This SUPERHUMANS story demonstrates that living with a disease d...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2021
  • Length: 18:27
Notes from the Jazz Underground #112 - Chick Corea part 1: acoustic Chick
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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The first in a three part series celebrating the music and legacy of Chick Corea. This week, the focus is on his work on the acoustic piano, from N...

Bought by KRPS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
DWF 20-16: Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, part three, 1/18/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts
Caption: Musica Ficta
Carl Nielsen wrote symphonies, concertos, chamber music, sacred music, two operas and – over three hundred songs, of which you'll hear several in t...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:58
Through the Narrows
From: Chris Griffith
Caption: 6-year old Chootch and 3,500 year-old Elli, Credit: Bruce Silcox
Award-winning puppetry artists Shari Aronson and Chris Griffith of Z Puppets Rosenschnoz share stories of two characters from their own ancestry: a...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2020
  • Length: 51:51
Emergency Response
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Corona Virus Kit
A full hour of viral containment, mixed with your safety in mind, available for private home enjoyment. Featuring the latest response to our curre...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 17, 2020
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 1
It's Been So Long
From: Rhon Manigault-Bryant
Caption: cedar grove overexposed, Credit: DoctorRMB
There are stories. And then, there are STORIES. The kind that stick with you because they are bare and true. And because they make the world look a...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 09, 2019
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Abraham Guzman and John Torres Jr.
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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John Torres Jr. talks to his friend, Abraham Guzman, about his dad’s career as a wrestler, and his legacy in and outside of the ring.

Bought by WEZU and WVBI-LP


  • Added: Oct 11, 2018
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 2
Max Richter
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Max Richter, Credit: instagram.com/maxrichtermusic/
We’ll hear from a composer who wrote a work with the express intention for the audience to sleep! Ahead Max Richter’s Sleep, plus more of his music...

Bought by KMUN, WETS, KMUN, KWAX, WETS and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
From Scrubs to Hospital Gown: The Story of Dr. Lorena Gonzalez
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Dr. Lorena Gonzalez at her desk at the Syracuse VA Medical Center, Credit: Conor Wight
Doctor Lorena Gonzalez is a surgeon - but last year, she became a cancer patient. This is the story of how she applied her knowledge and experience...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2018
  • Length: 04:12
Cloud Cult
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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This episode of Art Beat, we take a look at Cloud Cult from the Frozen River Film Festival in Winona, Minnesota. The film deals with the Cloud Cult...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2017
  • Length: 18:19
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1561 (Hour 1 & 2) - 12/29/2016
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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This episode we’re heavy on tropical rhythms, especially Brazilian. Canhoto da Paraiba doesn’t care about fame, just guitar. Reflective substantive...

Bought by WMOT, WJSU, WVBI-LP, WYAP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2016
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 6
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1554 (Hour 1 & 2) - 11/10/2016
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Part of the broadcast comes live off a Halloween overnight, polyrhythmic Sonido Global plays Herbie Hancock, Coltrane meditates with a certain East...

Bought by WYAP, WVBI-LP, WJSU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WKAR


  • Added: Nov 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 5
Muhammad Ali-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Muhammad Ali, Credit: Gordon Parks
"Float like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee...". This is my tribute to Muhammad Ali. An impressionistic mix of sound and music dedicated to "The Grea...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 08, 2016
  • Length: 58:42
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1517 (Hour 1 & 2) - 02/25/2016
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Professional drummer Lewis Nash, who was born in the desert southwest, begins our program from New York with a world-wide recipe. Likewise our flav...

Bought by KMXT, WVBI-LP, WKAR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:55
  • Purchases: 6
A Shortcut Through 2015
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Moment of Zen 2015
A unique retrospective of the past year, including audio of the major events of 2015--the cultural highs and lows, mixed with music of the year and...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KMSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Talking Information Center, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 59:39
  • Purchases: 7